Administering SAS BI Dashboard

Configuring Logging for SAS BI Dashboard 4.3

Beginning with SAS BI Dashboard 4.3, the standard logging facility used by the SAS 9.2 Intelligence Platform is supported. In SAS Management Console, the Logging Service dialog box enables you to manage performance, track security enforcement, and analyze specific situations.

For information about how to use logging for SAS Web applications, see Administering Logging for SAS Web Applications.

The logging output for SAS BI Dashboard is stored in the biDashboard4.3.log file located in the SAS-configuration-directory \Lev1\Web\Logs directory.

For information about how to modify and customize options in the Logging Service Configuration, see "Modifying Service Configurations" in the SAS Foundation Services: Administrator's Guide. For a brief overview of logging as it applies to SAS Web applications, see Administering Logging for SAS Web Applications.

To access the Logging Service Configuration window, in SAS Management Console, navigate to Plug-ins Environment Foundation Services Manager SASBIDashboard4.3 Local Services Core Logging Service. Right-click and select Properties to display the Logging Service Properties window.

Message logging is accomplished with a logging context. A logging context is usually the fully qualified class name of the class where the logging message originated. Logging contexts are created or edited in the Logging Service Configuration window. Every logging context can have outputs associated with it. As a result, different log messages might go to different locations.

By default, all dashboard log messages go to both the application server console and the dashboard log files. In the Logging Service Configuration window, the following logging contexts are specific to SAS BI Dashboard 4.3:

com.sas.bi.dashboard
com.sas.bi.dashboard.egfhandlers
com.sas.bi.eventgen

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